Why are we taxpayers giving retired policemen 100% salary pensions, often goosed up with triple overtime pay in their final year?

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On the other hand, retired policemen and soldiers do frequently put their brain-power at the disposal of security consultancies or corporations.

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It is closed to regular punters, but you can still poke your head around the door for a glimpse of retired policemen slurping down plates of goulash.

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The retired policemen who make up the small firms of freelancers get called on by big companies like Kroll only for jobs that are not worth sending out a full-time employee on.

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Before long, retired majors are pelting policemen with Molotov cocktails fashioned from bottles of vintage Burgundy and stoppered with regimental ties.

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Since his 1992 election, the retired general has appointed over 90 former soldiers and policemen to top jobs in his administration.

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